Pregnant women must realize that they carry within them a living being in formation subjected to an environment which can affect in a lasting and profound way its health throughout its life. The most influential factors are: stress and nutrition. The embryo, the fetus, then the baby will respond to a given perinatal environment perceived as beneficial or on the contrary as harmful, which may subsequently determine the biology of the child when it becomes an adult.

We are talking about a metabolic footprint, which is a very strong medical concept.

Treatment strategies adopted during pregnancy optimize the health and chances of survival of the child after birth.

The expectant mother should not submit to restrictive diets during pregnancy. She must not eat for 2 either as the collective imagination tried to make it believe. A pregnant woman must simply respect the classic hygieno-dietetic rules validated medically, and not taken from books or aberrant websites. There must be no conflict between food during pregnancy and food after childbirth, otherwise metabolic pathologies such as childhood diabetes and obesity will develop.